The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.

The class which has the power to rob upon a large scale has also the power to control the government and legalize their robbery.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

What can Labor do for itself? The answer is not difficult. Labor can organize, it can unify; it can consolidate its forces. This done, it can demand and command.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets.

The most heroic word in all languages is REVOLUTION.

Capitalism needs and must have the prison to protect itself from the criminals it has created.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

If you would but exchange places with the other fellow how much more you could appreciate your own position.

Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.

I was entirely natural and in many ways I have the same attitude now. I don't mourn the loss of my youth because I believe you should enjoy what you have while you have it.

When I knocked a guy down, there was no second part to the story.

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him.

Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.

Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.

I love comics, but I'd rather cut off my thumbs than do nothing but.

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.